Medicaid Provider SpendingClaims paid 2018–2024 · HHS public file
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Western Dental Services, INC.

Western Dental Services, INC. was paid $314K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Oct 2024, across 17 billing codes. Its largest line is D0150, Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient — 43% of everything it billed.

33Billing provider infoWESTERN DENTAL SERVICES, INC.
VAN NUYS, CA 91405
33aNPI1790226470assigned 03/15/2017
33bProvider typeDentist
28Total paid$314K
24GClaims8,874
24DCodes billed17
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Oct 2024
Compared with peers

Next to other Dentist providers in California

Rank by total paid#959 of 2,314
Median peer was paid$185K
This provider vs. median1.7×

Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.

Auditor's notes

Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.

Entity ProliferationAuthorized official TAKKAR, PREET controls 20+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service

Paid by month

$0$5.0K$10K$15K2018201920202021202220232024
Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider
By year, as a table
YearClaimsPaid
20181,508$50K
20191,415$53K
20201,523$43K
20211,433$45K
2022851$29K
2023811$34K
2024incomplete1,333$60K
Box 24 · Service lines

What it billed for

CodeServiceShareClaimsBene. recordsPaid
D0150 Comprehensive oral evaluation - new or established patient 43% 2,258 2,247 $136K
D0210 Intraoral - complete series of radiographic images 23% 1,677 1,668 $72K
D0120 Dental checkup, returning patientPeriodic oral evaluation - established patient 9.5% 728 703 $30K
D0230 Intraoral - periapical each additional radiographic image 5.9% 1,465 1,097 $19K
D1110 Prophylaxis - adult 3.3% 139 138 $10K
D1206 Topical application of fluoride varnish 3.1% 766 754 $10K
D0274 Bitewings - four radiographic images 2.9% 579 542 $9K
D1120 Dental cleaning, childProphylaxis - child 2.6% 271 267 $8K
D2392 Resin-based composite - two surfaces, posterior, primary or permanent 2.3% 113 63 $7K
D4341 1.6% 73 25 $5K
D2391 Resin-based composite - one surface, posterior, primary or permanent 1.2% 74 47 $4K
D7210 Extraction, erupted tooth requiring removal of bone and/or sectioning of tooth <1% 25 12 $3K
5 more codes
D0350 <1% 128 $1K
D0330 Panoramic radiographic image <1% 83 $495.00
D0272 Bitewings - two radiographic images <1% 12 $110.00
D0220 Intraoral - periapical first radiographic image <1% 13 $74.00
D1330 0% 470 $0.00

Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.

From NPPES

Who's on the registration

Authorized officialTAKKAR, PREET (CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER)
Same official

Other billing entities under TAKKAR, PREET

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ProviderLocationPaid
Western Dental Services, INC.Lodi, CA$7.34M
Western Dental Services, INC.Yuba City, CA$7.21M
Western Dental Services, INC.Moreno Valley, CA$6.43M
Western Dental Services, INC.Modesto, CA$5.84M
Western Dental Services, INC.Stockton, CA$4.69M
Western Dental Services, INC.Modesto, CA$4.43M
Western Dental Services, INC.Stockton, CA$4.37M
Western Dental Services, INC.Santa Maria, CA$4.32M
Western Dental Services, INC.Stockton, CA$4.30M
Western Dental Services, INC.Merced, CA$4.15M
Western Dental Services, INC.Fontana, CA$4.09M
Western Dental Services, INC.Lancaster, CA$3.87M
Western Dental Services, INC.Turlock, CA$3.75M
Western Dental Services, INC.Rialto, CA$3.63M
Western Dental Services, INC.Riverside, CA$3.59M
Western Dental Services, INC.Bakersfield, CA$3.36M
Western Dental Services, INC.Los Angeles, CA$3.33M
Western Dental Services, INC.Bakersfield, CA$3.28M
Western Dental Services, INC.Fresno, CA$3.18M
Western Dental Services, INC.Bakersfield, CA$3.15M

Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.